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News from District 7410 Issue

Volume

October 2018

INSIDE:

District

Rotary Fall Flyers...

Halloween Parade

In Barrett Twp. — Page Three

Wine Festival

In Tunkhannock

— Page Five

World Polio Day

In Sailorsburg — Page Six

Brews & Brats

In Newfoundland — Page Eight

Opioid Forum

In Wayne County —3

Turkey Dinner In N.orthScranton

— Page 15

Ghost Walks In Jim Thorpe

— Page 13

SEE, DISTRICT GOVERNOR. PAGE TWO.

Letter from the District Governor

My Fellow Rotarians…

I can’t believe that we are already beginning the fourth

month of our fiscal year. I have visited almost all of the clubs

in our district except for a few that had to be rescheduled for

various reasons.

What has amazed me the most is just how many truly

dedicated members we have throughout the district.

We are blessed with a plethora of knowledgeable and enthusiastic Rotari-

ans who are willing to lend a hand to just about any worthy cause. Until you

see them on a club-to-club basis, it’s easy to take them for granted. They’re

there, quietly and steadily doing the great work that Rotary has become

known for. Without fanfare, without acknowledgements, knowing only the in-

ternal satisfaction that community service gives us, our members give back to

our world in ways we may never fully appreciate.

Make a point in visiting as many clubs in our district as you can. While our

club meetings can be enjoyable, try to visit each club’s fundraisers. This past

month we had several events that were highly successful in the district. Dallas

and North Pocono each had Golf Tournaments. Members from the Honesdale

and Hawley helped out. Mountain Top put on a Steam Train Excursion. Ham-

lin/Lake Ariel held a Kids Safety program. Jim

Thorpe led people through town on their annual

“Ghostwalk”. Blakelee put on a “Night at the

Races”. The Abington club put on their annual

“Taste of the Abingtons.” This coming weekend

the Tunkhannock club will be having their an-

nual Wine Festival. This is the biggest fund

raiser in the district. All members should try to

see how to put on such an event.

Thank you one and all for the great work you

are doing.

Thank you for being Rotarians

Roger

DISTRICT GOVERNOR…

CONTINUED FROM FRONT. District Governor Nominations

Open Oct. 1, End on Nov. 30

Dear Presidents and Secretaries of the Clubs of District 7410:

It is time again to start the nomination process and selection

of the next District Governor Nominee to serve as Governor in

2021-2022. Nominations open October 1, 2018 and Close on

November 30, 2018.

This critical Leadership role for the district is our leadership

link to RI and serves as our key officer for the Rotary year. The

one outstanding critical criteria is that the individual must be a

past President of a Rotary Club. Attached find the application

form for those who might be interested in putting his/her hat in

the ring.

Note: An individual nominee has to have the sign-off and sup-

port from his/her club and be a member in good standing. the

Nominating committee will interview all candidates and select the

best one they feel can perform the Leadership role. This year the

Committee is made up of myself, as chair, and Tom Visgilio and

Melanie Tek as PDGs and members from the following Clubs:

Wellsboro

Tunkhannock

Milford-Matamoras

Mount Pocono

North Pocono

Weatherly

Wilkes Barre

Anyone with questions can reach me by email or by text or

mobile call.

Note also that we are seeking (1) 2 year nominee for the Dis-

trict Finance Committee and (1) 3 year nominee for the District

Finance Committee at the same time as we are seeking the

DGN. This process is less formal, but anyone who would like to

serve should also contact me and put forward a letter requesting

consideration. There is no formal application form... but a Club

reference as a member in good standing would be necessary.

Best regards,

Marcia Loughman, PDG, Nominating Committee Chair

Didn’t mean to scare you, but

due to technical difficulties this

newsletter is a little late.

The Rotary Club of Tunkhannock

Plains Rotary Host Students

The Plains Rotary at a recent meeting hosted Morgan Gayton and Leah Natt. The

Plains Rotary sponsored the two young ladies at the 2018 Rotary Youth Leadership

Awards (RYLA) program offered by Rotary District 7410 to students in the ten coun-

ties covered by the district. The event was held at Keystone College in June. The

RYLA program is a five-day event for high school students between their sophomore

and junior year. RYLA is designed to provide the participants with leadership skills

Rotarians Join Coalition to Oust Opioids Recently, Tunkhannock Rotary

joined Wyoming County Coalition

HOPE, which is a consortium of

community and health organiza-

tions that are trying to ameliorate

the opioid epidemic in Wyoming

County.

For many years, Tunkhannock

Rotary has been providing commu-

nity outreach for the semi-annual

Wyoming County District Attorney’s

Drug Take Back events, which has

taken over a ton of drugs out of peo-

ple’s medicine cabinets. The Club

has also recently begun community

outreach for the District Attorney’s

permanent drug drop box program

by distributing posters and rack card

that highlight the locations and drop

off times at 3 sites in Wyoming

County where people can drop off

their expired or unneeded drugs be-

tween the semi-annual Drug Take

Back events. The next Wyoming

County District Attorney’s Drug Take

Back event is Saturday Oct 27.

As part of Coalition HOPE, the

Tunkhannock Rotary will be able to

expand its community outreach pro-

grams to highlight the need to control

prescription drugs and allow the club

to participate in new community out-

reach endeavors that will be part of

Coalition HOPE.

Getting Ready

For Annual Wine

& Harvest Festival

The 11th Annual Tunkhan-

nock Rotary Harvest & Wine

Festival at Lazybrook Park is

fast approaching on Saturday,

Oct 13. The Festival take place

from 11 AM until 5 PM rain or

shine. Advanced sale tickets are

$25 per person and no tickets

will be sold at the gate. Tickets

can be purchased online at

www.tunkhannockrotary.org or

at Antonio’s Pizzeria, Gay’s True

Value, Community Bank and

Nimble Hill Winery and Brewery.

Only 3,800 tickets will be sold for

the event. Tickets are non-

refundable and ticket holders will

receive a commemorative wine

glass. This is a 21 plus event, so

ID will be viewed by security at

the gate.

An additional ticket type for

the Rotary Lounge is also avail-

able by contacting AWay-

[email protected].

SEE “WINEFEST,” PAGE 7.

http://www.tunkhannockrotary.org

mailto:[email protected]


Rotary World Polio Day Celebration Slate Belt Rotary & Klingel’s Farm

Invite YOU to a Rotary Family Event @

www.mazezilla.com

Why: Celebration of Rotary World Polio Day to End Polio Worldwide

Where: Klingel Farm

415 Route 115

Saylorsburg, PA

When: October 24, 2018 (Rain Date October 25, 2016)

Check Facebook & Website for Cancellation to Rain date

Time: 5:00 PM -8:00 PM

Food: Food Will be Available for Purchase

Cost: Donation to Benefit Rotary’s World Polio Fund &

Operation Warm Coats for Kids

Bring the Kids and Grandkids to This Rotary Family Event

RSVP’s with # would be appreciated by 10/22/2018

The Rotary Club of Hazleton

Scenes from Hazleton Wine & Beer

Festival/Car & Truck Show

Rotary Clubs of Kingston & Wilkes-Barre

Club’s Rotary Bingo Pays Off The Rotary Clubs of Kingston and Wilkes-Barre present the event proceeds from

their Designer Bag BINGO fundraiser to Wyoming Valley Children’s Association. Pic-

tured (from left to right): Christine A. Mackin, WVCA Fundraising & Marketing Coor-

dinator, Nina C. Zanon, WVCA Executive Director, Beth Doherty, President of the Ro-

tary Club of Wilkes-Barre and Edward W. Stanks Jr., Treasurer of the Rotary Club of

Kingston.

This $45 per person ticket in-

cludes the commemorative wine

glass and provides seating under

cover in a tent with wine tasting and

sales provided by Nimble Hill Winery.

Only 70 Rotary Lounge tickets will be

available.

Music will be provided by 2 bands,

PopStar Drive (formerly amRadio)

and Infinity, who will alternate enter-

taining through the day. PopStar

Drive has provided music for the

Festival for all 11 years and are a

perennial crowd-pleaser.

Over 50 wine, food and other ven-

dors will be selling their goods. Wine

tasting and purchases will be avail-

able from these wineries: Antler

Ridge Winery, Collina Winery, Capra

Collina Winery, Colonel Ricketts

Hard Cider, Grovedale Winery, Hid-

den Creek Vineyard and Winery,

Maiolatesi Wine Cellars, Nimble Hill

Winery & Brewery, Pickering Winery,

Red Shale Ridge Vineyards and

Sand Castle Winery. For the first

time, some craft beer will be avail-

able from Nimble Hill Winery & Brew-

ery.

Tasty food selections will be avail-

able from: Country Pride Food, Fire

& Ice on Toby Creek, Greenley's

BBQ, Komensky’s Kielbasi, Mister

Rick's, Morrison's Catering, Off the

WINEFEST…

CONTINUED FROM PAGE FOUR.

Grill and Southwest Savory Grill

Food Truck.

Additional vendors include:

Always Jerky Time, AOS Metals,

Artistic Tiger, Beads & Accesso-

ries by Kim, Beta Bread Bakery,

Chocolates by Leopold, Collana

de Vino, Country Girl Kettle Corn,

Craft and Crystal, Creative Stone,

Dolly's Designs, Fudge Lady, It's

All In the Bag, Jagger's Doggy

Deli, Keystone Truck Caps, Lilla

Rose & Unique Fashions, Lula

Roe Shana Gregory, My Faire

Wares, Nelstra Gallery, Nice's

Old Country Style Almonds,

Paul's Paints, Penn Valley

Cheese, Rynkiewicz Dips and

Mixes, Sassy Albert Soaps, S & J

Woodcrafts, Tarot for Living, Up-

per Perk Sportswear, Scentsy

Fragrance, Stolen Time LLC, The

Dip Lady, The Farm Basket, The

Jewelry Express, Wandering

Cowgirl, Westwind Jewelry and

Wyoming County Community

Health Foundation.

The Festival is the major an-

nual fund-raiser for the Tunkhan-

nock Club and helps fund pro-

grams that benefit the local com-

munity.

Another Successful

This year marks the 8th anniver-

sary District 7410 hosted RYLA at

Keystone College in LaPlume, PA.

The first year’s new RYLA

hosted 37 students from around

the district. This year, 73 young

leaders gathered to participate in

active learning to better them-

selves and their communities.

RYLA 2018 (Rotary Youth Lead-

ership Awards) was held the week

of June 17th – 21st and was led by

Executive Chairs Karen DeMatteo,

Amy Leiser, and Leila Bouchekouk,

all of the Rotary Club of the

Stroudsburgs. Together, Karen,

Amy, and Leila oversaw 20 staffers

in addition to the RYLA conferees.

The 5-day conference featured

days packed with activities. From

breakfast at 7:45 am each morning

to lights out at 11:00 pm, the con-

ferees and staff stayed busy.

Throughout the week, RYLA con-

ferees learned about Rotary and

how to embrace the 4-way test,

worked on group assignments, par-

ticipated in Rise Against Hunger

food packaging service project,

and listened to motivational speak-

ers. Ice-breakers were ran by the

staff to get conferees out of their

comfort zones, and numerous ac-

tivities taught the participants how

to respect other’s opinions, to work

in teams, and to develop their own

confidence and self-worth. Even

the talent show was a milestone for

some who had never performed in

front of a crowd before! Interest-

ingly, all of the activities were fun

and the participants might not have

realized at the time that they were

learning leadership skills until after

the conference was over and they

too time to reflect back on their ex-

perience at RYLA.

Never in the same group of peo-

ple, the conferees were strategi-

cally divided up with each activity

to ensure everyone met someone

new each day. Friendships were

formed, lessons were learned, and

pride in oneself was developed.

As always, thank you to all of

the members of District 7410 for

supporting this important experi-

ence for northeastern and central

Pennsylvania area youth. The

dedication of promoting positive

attitudes and providing an opportu-

nity for these teenagers to flourish

and to unlock their leadership po-

tential is commendable.

A special thank you to our spon-

sors! Your support allows us to

maintain the high-quality program-

ming at RYLA!

V-One Embroidery

Bob and Doris Wehe

The Leiser Family

The DeMatteo Family

Santosha on the Ridge

The Cegelka Family

Wayne Memorial Health

System

Access Office Technolo-

gies

Shawnee River Trips

Bootlegger Farm LLC

If you have any questions about

RYLA or how you can get involved

with this worthwhile event, please

contact Karen DeMatteo at

[email protected]. We

are looking for new Rotarians and

fresh ideas to continue the positive

energy RYLA provides to our

youth.


The Rotary Club of Tunkhannock

At left, are (from left) new member Tony Sykes, Ron

Furman and President Mike Markovitz. Above Paul Harris

fellow Rod Azar is flanked by Mike Markovitz and Past

President Samantha Maruzzelli.

Tunkhannock Welcomes New Member, Paul Harris Fellow

September meetings of the Tunkhannock Rotary

Club included inducting a new member and presenting

another Paul Harris Fellow.

At the Sept 27 Tunkhannock Rotary Luncheon,

Tony Sykes was inducted into Rotary by Membership

Chair Ron Furman. Harry Sharpe was Tony's sponsor.

President Mike Markovitz then presented Tony with

his membership packet and his yellow Rotary hat to be

worn at outdoor Rotary events. Please warmly wel-

come Tony as one of the newest Rotarians in our Dis-

trict.

At the Sept 13 Tunkhannock Rotary luncheon, a

special Paul Harris Fellow presentation was made to

Rotarian Rod Azar.

Past President Samantha Maruzzelli presented a

Club Designated Paul Harris Fellow certificate and pin

to Rod for his outstanding work on club projects, espe-

cially resurrecting the Rotary Relays. Club President

Mike Markovitz then gave Rod a Paul Harris Fellow

medallion for him to wear to Club and Foundation

events.

Rod thanked the club for this very special award.

Andrej Swietek (left) and John Guilherme.

Exchange Students Speak to Club On Friday Sept 7, our two inbound exchange students,

Andrzej Swietek (Andrew) from Poland and Joao Guilherme

Tonet-Oldoni (John) from Brazil, were introduced to the teachers

at Tunkhannock Area High School at a breakfast meeting, with

Rotarians Anne Sehne and Ann Way making the introductions

and Tunkhannock Rotarians providing donuts for the teachers.

At the Sept 13 Rotary Meeting at Purkey's Pink Apple, the

club heard from the 2 inbound exchange students about the

classes they are taking at Tunkhannock Area High School.

Andrew is from Poland. He likes his classes here including:

AP physics, calculus, robotics, graphics and electronics. He will

also be playing soccer.

John is from Brazil and 17 years old. He is taking classes in:

graphics, 3D printing, computer and electronic devices.

New Rotarians District 7410 – 2017 Club Data

Wyoming Trap Shooters Meet The Rotary Club of Wyoming held their first annual Trap

Shooting Meet at the Harveys Lake Rod & Gun Club. From left

to right: Brian Zaborny, Mike Sobeck, President Wendy Carey

(armed), Mark Sobeck, Chris Borton, Scott Davis, Rich Sobeck.

Abingtons Jamie Kresge

Kingston Samantha Bennett

Allen Peterson

Mountaintop Michele Kollar

D. Scott Wiggins

Joanne Joseph

Wyoming Rotary Dana Foglia

Richard Floglia

Club Total Mem.

New Mem.

Attend %

Abingtons 49 1 40%

Athens 15

Blakeslee 12 72.73%

Dallas 45 75.00%

District 7410 Passport Club 14 100.00%

Dunmore 16

Forest City Area 12 37.5

Freeland 5

Hamlin Lake Ariel 29 58.62%

Hawley 22

Hazleton 73 33.30%

Honesdale 39

Jim Thorpe 22

Kingston 21 2 70.00%

Lehighton 10

Milford-Matamoras 31

Mountaintop 28 3 68.00%

Mt. Pocono 20

New Milford 17 62

Newfoundland 33 75.81%

North Pocono 17 73.27%

North Scranton 27 76.00%

Pittston 20

Plains 16 55%

Plymouth 21

Pocono Mountains 16 60.00%

Sayre 18 76.00%

Scranton 38

Slate Belt Rotary 18 35.00%

Smithfields 20 34.44%

Stroudsburgs, The 98 45.16%

Towanda 13

Trail (Factoryville) 16

Troy 21 55.00%

Tunkhannock 71 43.78%

Weatherly 10

Wellsboro 46

West End 16 71.88%

Wilkes-Barre 32

Winola (Lake Winola) 11

Wyalusing Area 23 37.00%

Wyoming Rotary 22 2 43.00%

District 7410

President – Rotary International 2018-2019 Barry Rassin (Rotary Club of East Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas)

District Governor 7410 – 2018-2019 Roger Mattes, Jr. 19 High Street, Box 22 Nicholson, PA 18446 Cell: 570-677-7299 Work: 570-969-2222 Email: [email protected]

District Officers Karen DeMatteo, DGE - 2019-2020 Email: [email protected] Joseph Loughman, DGN - 2020-2021 Email: [email protected] Karin-Susan Breitlauch, IPDG Email: [email protected]

District Treasurer Kathleen Robbins Email: [email protected]

Newsletter Editor/Public Image Wes Skillings (Wyalusing) Email: [email protected]

Administrative Assistant Assistant Treasurer Newsletter Publisher & Webmaster

Brenda Allen

Assistant Governors by Cluster 1. Kim Mastrantonio (Athens) Email: [email protected] Athens, Sayre, Towanda, Troy, & Wellsboro 2. Dave Palmer (New Milford) Email: [email protected]

Forest City, New Milford, Trail, Tunkhannock, Winola, & Wyalusing 3. Jim Pierce (Hawley) Email: [email protected]

(Hamlin, Hawley, Honesdale, Milford-Matamoras, & Newfoundland) 4. Bill Skinner (Slate Belt) Email: [email protected]

(Blakeslee, Mt Pocono, Pocono Mountain, Slate Belt, Smithfields, Stroudsburgs, & West End) 5. Kevin Hooper (Mountaintop) Email: [email protected]

(Freeland, Hazleton, Jim Thorpe, Lehighton, Mountaintop, & Weatherly) 6. Joe Loughman (North Scranton) Email: [email protected]

(Abingtons, Dunmore, Passport Club, North Pocono, North Scranton & Scranton) 7. John John Email: [email protected]

(Pittston, Dallas, Kingston, Pittston, Plains, Plymouth, Wilkes Barre, & Wyoming)












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